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+ <div class="essay">
+ <p>
+ <b>IRSpy</b> maintains a registry of information retrieval
+ targets supporting standard IR protocols such as
+ <a href="http://lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/agency/"
+ >ANSI/NISO Z39.50 (ISO 23950)</a>
+ and
+ <a href="http://www.loc.gov/sru"
+ >the SRU/SRW web services</a>.
+ Each registry entry consists of both mechanical information,
+ such as the indexes supported for searching and the record
+ syntax and schemas supported for retrievel, and metadata such as
+ database titles, authors and descriptions.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Read more about
+ <a href="/software.html">the IRSpy software</a>.
+ </p>
+ </div>